kingdom of God doesn’t come like that, because God himself isn’t like that. At the heart of the parable of the weeds and the wheat is the note of patience—not just the patience of the servants who have to wait and watch, but the patience of God himself. God didn’t and doesn’t enjoy the sight of a cornfield with weeds all over the place. But nor does he relish the thought of declaring harvest-time too soon, and destroying wheat along with weeds. Many Jews of Jesus’ time recognized this and spoke of